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9:02 PM on Friday, March 6

Devin Booker scored 18 of his 32 points in the third quarter, and the Phoenix Suns held off the New Orleans Pelicans 118-116 on Friday night

8:57 PM on Friday, March 6

Jackson Blake scored twice, K’Andre Miller had three assists and the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 on Friday night for their seventh victory in eight games

8:46 PM on Friday, March 6

Desiree Wooten had 21 points, Zyanna Walker scored 19 and Colorado upset No. 20 Baylor 62-53 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Conference Tournament

8:46 PM on Friday, March 6

St. John’s beat Seton Hall 72-65 and clinched at least a share of a second straight Big East regular-season title

8:35 PM on Friday, March 6

OG Anunoby powered the New York Knicks to a 142-103 win over the Nuggets as Denver lost Jamal Murray to a sprained ankle Friday night

8:23 PM on Friday, March 6

Valeri Nichushkin scored with 15 seconds remaining in regulation, then made one of NHL-leading Colorado’s two shots in a shootout to beat Dallas 5-4

8:21 PM on Friday, March 6

Brock Boeser batted the puck in to break a tie at 2:40 of the third period and the NHL-worst Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Friday night to end a seven-game losing streak that started in January

8:17 PM on Friday, March 6

Syla Swords scored 17 points and Olivia Olson had 16 as No. 8 Michigan beat Oregon 80-58 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals

7:43 PM on Friday, March 6

Jordan Lee scored 16 points, Madison Booker contributed 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in limited action and No. 4 Texas rolled into the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals with 83-60 victory over Alabama

7:40 PM on Friday, March 6

Alperen Sengun scored 28 points, Amen Thompson had 26 and the Houston Rockets used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 106-99 on Friday night

7:32 PM on Friday, March 6

Honor Huff scored 24 points and West Virginia finished off a season sweep of UCF with a 77-62 victory to close out the Big 12 Conference regular season

6:58 PM on Friday, March 6

Matthew Tkachuk had his sixth career hat trick and the Florida Panthers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Friday night to snap a four-game losing streak

6:45 PM on Friday, March 6

Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin has been suspended for five games for slashing Buffalo defenseman Rasmus Dahlin

6:45 PM on Friday, March 6

Five-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Maxx Crosby is heading to the Baltimore Ravens

6:40 PM on Friday, March 6

Lanie Grant scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting, Nyla Harris had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and third-seeded and No. 16 North Carolina beat No. 6 seed Virginia Tech 85-68 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament

5:58 PM on Friday, March 6

Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill says a couple of injuries during the Olympics affected how he approached this week's NHL trade deadline

5:37 PM on Friday, March 6

No. 5 Vanderbilt is out of the women's Southeastern Conference Tournament

5:35 PM on Friday, March 6

Ava Heiden scored 16 points and Hannah Stuelke finished with 13 points and five rebounds despite playing with an injured right elbow, leading No. 9 Iowa past 10th-seeded Illinois 64-58 and into Saturday’s Big Ten Tournament semifinals

11:57 AM on Friday, March 6

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum’s belated birthday present to himself was a return to the game that was abruptly taken away from him last season

11:08 AM on Friday, March 6

Joyce Edwards scored 21 points, Madina Okot added 12 points and 13 rebounds and No. 3 South Carolina routed 17th-ranked Kentucky 87-64 in the first of four Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinal games